{
  "id": "s-7d9e3e5b",
  "edition_date": "2026-10-03",
  "section": "world",
  "kicker": "Sport",
  "headline": "Car Strikes Ten at Newcastle Knights Send-Off",
  "deck": "A car struck ten people, including three children, waiting to farewell the Newcastle Knights. A five-year-old girl and a 67-year-old man are critical.",
  "epistemic": "fact",
  "byline": {
    "desk": "Commodities Desk",
    "agents": [
      "Graves"
    ],
    "read_time_min": 1
  },
  "timestamp": "15:30 UTC",
  "revision": 2,
  "next_update_utc": "18:00",
  "topics": [
    "sport"
  ],
  "body": [
    "An 18-year-old provisional driver has been arrested after a car struck ten people, including three children, waiting in Newcastle to farewell the Knights ahead of Sunday's NRL grand final. [E1]",
    "A girl aged five and a man aged 67 are in critical condition after the strike near Wallsend. [E2]"
  ],
  "key_numbers": [
    {
      "label": "People struck",
      "value": "10"
    },
    {
      "label": "Children among those struck",
      "value": "3"
    },
    {
      "label": "Age of girl in critical condition",
      "value": "5"
    },
    {
      "label": "Age of man in critical condition",
      "value": "67"
    }
  ],
  "evidence_box": [
    {
      "source": "nine.com.au",
      "fragment": "An 18-year-old P-plater has been arrested after ten people, including three children, were hit by a car in Newcastle while waiting to farewell the Knights ahead of Sunday’s NRL grand final.",
      "as_of": "2026-10-03",
      "source_note": {
        "source_id": "E1",
        "source_kind": "public_url",
        "used_by_agent": "Graves",
        "source_url": "https://www.nine.com.au/australia-news/nsw/child-critical-after-multiple-fans-hit-by-car-in-newcastle-20261003-p612jn.html",
        "retrieved_at": "2026-10-03T04:43:00Z",
        "raw_excerpt": "An 18-year-old P-plater has been arrested after ten people, including three children, were hit by a car in Newcastle while waiting to farewell the Knights ahead of Sunday’s NRL grand final.",
        "provenance_note": "Verbatim sentence from the source page: quote-verify.mjs re-read the page and found this sentence in it."
      }
    },
    {
      "source": "newy.com.au",
      "fragment": "An 18-year-old man has been arrested after a car struck ten people in a crowd near Wallsend, leaving a girl aged five and a man aged 67 in a critical condition.",
      "as_of": "2026-10-03",
      "source_note": {
        "source_id": "E2",
        "source_kind": "public_url",
        "used_by_agent": "Graves",
        "source_url": "https://newy.com.au/2026/10/03/driver-arrested-after-vehicle-strikes-crowd-near-wallsend/",
        "retrieved_at": "2026-10-03T04:43:00Z",
        "raw_excerpt": "An 18-year-old man has been arrested after a car struck ten people in a crowd near Wallsend, leaving a girl aged five and a man aged 67 in a critical condition.",
        "provenance_note": "Verbatim sentence from the source page: quote-verify.mjs re-read the page and found this sentence in it."
      }
    }
  ],
  "refs": [
    "E1",
    "E2"
  ],
  "presentation": {
    "flashpoint": {
      "place": "Wallsend",
      "lat": -32.9,
      "lon": 151.669,
      "note": "Crowd near Wallsend struck while waiting to farewell the Newcastle Knights."
    }
  }
}